A 22-year-old University of South Carolina Upstate college student has been arrested after she filed a false police report that led to a campuswide alert, according the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.A release said Kendall Ashley Settlemyre, of Spartanburg, called the Sheriff’s Office at about midnight Tuesday, and said she had been the victim of an assault and attempted robbery.Settlemyre told deputies that she was walking along the wood line near her apartment complex, Campus Evolution, on Samara Street, when a skinny black man came out of the woods and demanded that she give him money. She said when she refused, the man punched her in the face, knocking her down.She said she told the man she would call police, so he fled into the woods.Investigators photographed an injury on Settlemyre’s face. The USC Upstate chief of police sent out an alert warning students about the alleged attack and encouraging them to be vigilant. Deputies said the alert “caused much concern from the parents of students residing at Campus Evolution Villages.”Investigators said they had some issues with Settlemyre’s original report, since five officers were at the complex at the time of her alleged incident, responding to a call about a loud party.Deputies said further investigation, including interviews of witnesses, cast more doubt on her account.Investigators said when Settlemyre was confronted with the inconsistencies of her story she confessed, saying she lied as a result of a roommate and her having an argument.Settlemyre turned herself in Friday on a charge of filing a false police report, a felony. She is being held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

A 22-year-old University of South Carolina Upstate college student has been arrested after she filed a false police report that led to a campuswide alert, according the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.

A release said Kendall Ashley Settlemyre, of Spartanburg, called the Sheriff’s Office at about midnight Tuesday, and said she had been the victim of an assault and attempted robbery.

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Settlemyre told deputies that she was walking along the wood line near her apartment complex, Campus Evolution, on Samara Street, when a skinny black man came out of the woods and demanded that she give him money. She said when she refused, the man punched her in the face, knocking her down.

She said she told the man she would call police, so he fled into the woods.

Investigators photographed an injury on Settlemyre’s face.

The USC Upstate chief of police sent out an alert warning students about the alleged attack and encouraging them to be vigilant. Deputies said the alert “caused much concern from the parents of students residing at Campus Evolution Villages.”

Investigators said they had some issues with Settlemyre’s original report, since five officers were at the complex at the time of her alleged incident, responding to a call about a loud party.

Deputies said further investigation, including interviews of witnesses, cast more doubt on her account.

Investigators said when Settlemyre was confronted with the inconsistencies of her story she confessed, saying she lied as a result of a roommate and her having an argument.

Settlemyre turned herself in Friday on a charge of filing a false police report, a felony. She is being held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center.